HEALING HOUR: Surviving Forced Sterilizations of HIV-Positive Women.
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After she began attending meetings of people living with HIV/AIDS and publicly discussing her positive status, her partner became abusive. Despite the abuse, Mthembu felt pressured to marry him because he had already
paid the bride price to her parents. However, she eventually managed to leave him, despite significant social pressure.
In 1997, she went to the hospital for treatment of a cervical cyst. There, she found out she was pregnant again. She asked for an abortion, but the doctors there would only terminate the pregnancy if she agreed to be sterilized, forcing her into an unwanted sterilization.
paid the bride price to her parents. However, she eventually managed to leave him, despite significant social pressure.
In 1997, she went to the hospital for treatment of a cervical cyst. There, she found out she was pregnant again. She asked for an abortion, but the doctors there would only terminate the pregnancy if she agreed to be sterilized, forcing her into an unwanted sterilization.
